Andrew Hale: IT Talk & Other Topics

I stopped PC gaming sometime back in 2009. I was working a lot and life just got in the way. I still had my gaming machine but I just used it for Hulu and general web browsing. Then my PC died. I was left to my iPhone and my wife's little netbook. When I heard the rumor of EA and Dice bringing back Star Wars Battlefront, all of that changed.

Tell me if this happens to you; You have a VMware virtual environment with a certain number of VMFS Datastores that are perpetually full all of the time. You might even need to Storage-vMotion VMs around to even out the storage load on your datastores and it's somewhat of a chore. Well, does it? This is where Storage DRS comes in. Just like how Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS) for CPU and RAM resources manages VMs making sure the load between the hosts is relatively fair (or rather that the VM has the resources it needs to perform optimally), SDRS comes in to make sure VMDKs have access to the right amount of free storage & IOPS.

It's with great excitement that I get to write here to let you (my one and only reader, Gary) know that I've put in my 2 weeks with my current employer and have accepted an offer for a new job, which I'll be starting soon. This isn't a post about trashing my current employer, nor is it a post for generic quitting-your-job advice (don't make a scene, be professional, actually work during your notice period, etc.) This post is about how to best transition your position for the next guy or gal, something I had a hard time digging up info on.

I'm on Reddit for both productive and unproductive reasons. Recently on the /r/VMware subreddit, there was a discussion asking redditors how they're protecting they're vCenter servers. This got me thinking about what I'm doing for my current vCenter server and what my options are going forward as my virtual infrastructure changes.